Hearing poetry read aloud should help pupils to achieve feelings of being relaxed and reenergized. Poetry might help pupils to achieve vital objectives in reading. Phonics instruction could become an inherent part of the reading of poems. For example, a student teacher and a cooperating teacher introduced pupils to a unit on "Poetry with…

Learning phonics can be enjoyable or it can be tedious. This paper presents several teaching approaches that can guide pupils to like phonics instruction and to become better readers. Guidelines to remember in teaching phonics are to: (1) make it a relaxed and informal learning activity; (2) decrease competition among learners while developing…

This book is about managing and balancing the merging of literacy assessment and instruction in classrooms. The activities discussed have been used again and again by students ages 5 to 18 in integrated literacy environments; the instructional strategies easily adapt to self-monitoring activities. Chapters in the book are: (1) "A Rationale for…